{"id":18283,"date":"2012-12-03T00:00:24","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T05:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=18283"},"modified":"2015-02-02T00:21:52","modified_gmt":"2015-02-02T05:21:52","slug":"castle-grayskullman-addendum-interview-with-creator-daniel-benedict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2012\/12\/castle-grayskullman-addendum-interview-with-creator-daniel-benedict\/","title":{"rendered":"Castle Grayskullman addendum: interview with creator Daniel Benedict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In preparation for today's <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/poe\/motuccgm.php\">Castle Grayskullman<\/a> review, I conducted a brief interview with CGM creator <a href=\"http:\/\/www.castlegrayskullman.com\/\" target=_blank>Daniel Benedict<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"239\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NTWsmdSAzjs?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><b>How did you come up with the concept for Castle Grayskullman?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Daniel Benedict: I was sitting at my desk trying to come up with another character design to send in. I had already sent in three, but I still racking my brain trying to, if anything, scrape the bottom of the barrel and send in a stick figure with a sword if I had to. I had the vintage castle on my desk and was looking at it. I thought it would be neat to make the castle into a head. And I went from there.<\/p>\n<p><b>Poe: Why did you go with each specific part (chest symbol, swords, face, hair)?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>I wanted to incorporate parts from the vintage playset (chest symbol, swords, etc.) I added the hair, because it looked to boring without it. I think it adds character, and a little 80's to it.<\/p>\n<p><b>Did you enter any other submissions?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>I entered 5 total. CGM was number 4.<\/p>\n<p><b>Did Mattel inform you before the reveal that you'd won?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>No, I found out that morning when the info had been leaked. I almost crapped my pants.<\/p>\n<p><b>Did Mattel or the Four Horsemen consult with you on the development process at all?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>No. But it's probably best they didn't. I don't see how they could've made it any more awesome (in my opinion)<\/p>\n<p><b>Are you happy with the final product?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Happier than the double rainbow guy.<\/p>\n<p><b>Even if you are happy, is there anything you'd have done differently on the final figure, in an ideal world?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Maybe lighten up the green a bit, make the hair more white.<\/p>\n<p><b>Would a 1980s \"vintage\" Castle Grayskullman have had an action feature, and if so, what?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>What about having a button on his back to make his eyes light up? That would've been pretty cool.<\/p>\n<p><b>How many CGM did you get?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>24 plus one with my subscription.<\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><H5>&lt;i&gt;And now, some more OAFEry:&lt;\/i&gt;<\/H5><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Masters of the (Lego) Universe\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2013\/11\/masters-of-the-lego-universe\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Masters of the (Lego) Universe<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"In honor of SDCC this weekend\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2024\/07\/in-honor-of-sdcc-this-weekend\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">In honor of SDCC this weekend<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Masters of the Universe meet King Ghidorah\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2020\/04\/masters-of-the-universe-ghidorah\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Masters of the Universe meet King Ghidorah<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Toy sculptors as toys\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2013\/10\/toy-sculptors-as-toys\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Toy sculptors as toys<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Mattel rips off a fan design\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2016\/05\/mattel-rips-off-a-fan-design\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mattel rips off a fan design<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In preparation for today's Castle Grayskullman review, I conducted a brief interview with CGM creator Daniel Benedict. &lt;i&gt;And now, some more OAFEry:&lt;\/i&gt;Jeez Mattel, no need to do Mantenna dirty like that Flippin' through Previews - December '12 Mattel comes through &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2012\/12\/castle-grayskullman-addendum-interview-with-creator-daniel-benedict\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,7],"tags":[15],"class_list":["post-18283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-addendums","category-mattel","tag-motu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18283"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18287,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18283\/revisions\/18287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}